Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at L&M Corrugated, 10680 88th Avenue, PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN 53158
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was running a machine that straightened corrugated boxes. While he was straightening a box by hand, the machine engaged and trapped his left leg, breaking the lower leg in two places.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Paper production machinery, unspecified
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